Definition of "trek" []

• To make a slow or arduous journey. (verb-intransitive)
• To journey on foot, especially to hike through mountainous areas. (verb-intransitive)
• South African To travel by ox wagon. (verb-intransitive)
• A journey or leg of a journey, especially when slow or difficult. (noun)
• South African A journey by ox wagon, especially a migration such as that of the Boers from 1835 to 1837. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "If the word "trek" is unfamiliar to you, it means hiking for days, carrying all your belongings on your back and wearing the same clothes every day and night."
• "If the word "trek" is unfamiliar to you, it means hiking for days, carrying all your belongings on your back and wearing the same clothes every day and night.â¨â¨"
• "But the trek is a dangerous one even when massive herds band together, for while there is safety in numbers, numbers also draw attention, and the carnivores are moving in!"